Here’s a brand new episode of our Rhythm Passport On Air podcast in collaboration with SOAS Radio. This month, we reached Pedro Coquenão, also known as Batida, by phone in Lisbon, and we had an intense and interesting chat about several topics. From his recent participation in Africa Express: The...
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In times of end-of-year charts, top ten lists, ‘top of’ and ‘best of’, we’ve preferred to keep things as inclusive and smooth as possible, so we have simply “listened back” to 2017 and summed up what our speakers, headphones and earphones have played the most. Enjoy our 2017 in music...
Six days and six gigs to understand the present and foresee the future of global music. That’s what will happen between the 15th and 20th of May at Rich Mix, when Serious will take charge of the venue’s main space and present the 2017 edition of Serious Space Shoreditch. Throughout...
![Album Review: Spoek Mathambo – Mzansi Beat Code [Teka Records, 14th April 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/522605831-335x335.jpg)
The first time I heard Spoek Mathambo I was blown away. The dark energy, the powerful beat, the slightly disturbing, distorted voice – his cover of Joy Division’s ’She’s Lost Control’ truly sounded like something new and unexpected. I knew very little of the South African electronic music scene and...
We’ve partnered with Mundo FM Collective to bring you a monthly collection of the best world music-related videos and documentary teasers. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
South Africa has long been a prime breeding ground for fresh African talent and ideas, and Batuk are certainly bringing something new to the table. The three-piece-collective from Johannesburg is formed by established electronic/kwaito producers Aero Manyelo and Spoek Mathambo, and eclectic vocalist Manteiga. Together they have created a house driven sound, which is...
Derived from the Afrikaans word ‘kwai’ literally translating to angry, kwaito is the heavy, house music pumping out of modern South Africa. Kwaito was formed South Africa’s Soweto township, drawing on several South African genres such as kwela, marabi and bubblegum music, the thriving afro pop scene of the 80’s....
![Album Review: Daniel Haaksman – African Fabrics [Man Recordings, February 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/man_092_small_res-335x335.jpg)
Daniel Haaksman is a superstar DJ in the making. His unique take on global rhythms has seen him receive many accolades, even filling in for Diplo on BBC Radio 1. With his distinctive, baile funk sound, this German selector and label boss has consistently been at the forefront of the global...
